The flint-eyed Texan was a man with a mission: get the wagon train across the treacherous prairies and ambushed mountains, and deliver its cargo into the hands of the Confederacy. None of the homeward-bound pioneers knew that the contraband gold was hidden beneath the false floors of their Conestogas. No one guessed that their wagon master was a rebel officer -- a man who was going to win the war for the South single-handedly -- or kill them all trying.